ASHRAE is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and follows ANSI's requirements for due process and standards development.
ASHRAE's standards writing is a transparent process based on involvement from a broad spectrum of interested parties.
ASHRAE Standards Actions are issued regularly and sent to any interested party via a free listserve and are published online. Standards Actions contains notices of public review drafts open for comment, calls for members on ASHRAE committees, and other other announcements relevant to the ASHRAE standards process.
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Review Process
Public Review Drafts can be accessed by going to ASHRAE’s Public Review Drafts webpage and following the instructions to access the online comment database. All activity for reviewing and commenting on public review drafts can be accomplished completely online within this site. A login is required to complete the comment process. Please see the website for additional information.
To obtain a paper copy of any Public Review Draft contact–ASHRAE, Inc. Attn: Standards Public Review, 180 Technology Parkway NW, Peachtree Corners, GA 30092 or email: Manager of Standards. Note: Paper copies are available for $35.00/copy if 100 pages or less and $45.00 if over 100 pages.
All standards activities are announced and published on ASHRAE.org. Information about call for members, call for comments, errata, publications, new projects, addenda availability and interpretations can be found at www.ashrae.org/publicreviews.